I told all of you that I took up running 6 months ago because I hated it.
I know that sounds peculiar but – as much as I have always loved the look of it- sleek, strong, efficient, requiring no equipment, team or set up- I hated how it felt and always wanted to go home for coffee after 5 minutes.Nonetheless it is portable, efficient and entirely self sufficient. It looked great on other people- was there a chance I could love it too?
I have always been particularly stuborn when someone says I can’t do something. And when I say I can’t do something- then I get fixated.
Choosing to do something I hated was an act of self disipline so deep it had a way of proving to me that I could do anything. How could I resist such a challenge?
On my (abbreviated) list of simple pleasures written up today, it is right there in black and white. This is truly shocking.
My dad has been in a wheelchair for at least that long- so when I see him, I tell him I run. It is the least I can do because he cannot.
My running partner has been telling me to slow down. That is so weird to hear.
Recently my nephew said “Did I see you running this morning by the bank?”
I said “Did I look fast, sleek, strong and young?”
He said “yes”
I said, “No, it must have been someone else.”
We see ourselves a certain way but isn’t it the greatest thing to shake that up?
Yes it was you on the bank…..you are fast, sleek, strong and young…..believe it…!!! It is true!!!
good for you ! but you need some yoga and stretching !
no you are right about that for sure- I hate the first 4 minutes, or the first song but after it can get real nice
I took up running a year ago for a similar reason – I was bad at it, people said I couldn’t do it, so I NEEDED to do it. One year later, I’m nursing my first injury after running 10ks of hills two mornings in a row without stretching/recovery/intelligence. How awesome/horrible is that?!?!
It does take me a kilometre or so to get into a pace and truly enjoy myself. But it is all kinds of awesome when I get there 🙂
Hooray for YOU!
Hi Nancy,
I think everybody is different but until I work into a decent pace, I feel like my legs are made of lead. Then after I hit a certain pace (usually about 20 minutes for me) then I feel so much lighter.
I might just be me but my yoga feels the same way. It takes me about that long to work through the 10 sun salutations a & b then the fundamental asanas. After that I could keep going but the first push is a bit UGH.
There is always music for endorphins too, my fav source.
hugs
i
so I guess it is a problem if many days I only run for 22 minutes?
Hi Nancy,
I only start to enjoy it after the 20 minute start then it feels awesome. The problem is I need someone to yak with for the first 20 minutes to forget how much I’d rather be doing something else.
Endorphines are awesome.
I felt the same way about Ashtanga yoga, I did it because it was too hard to start. Now I can’t fully enjoy a day without the sun salutations.
Love ya,
i